Atlas Swift
Our Newest Project from South Africa. The Brilliant Atlas Swift. We are very excited to be involved at the very start of Martin and Welma’s journey - not least of which because of their fascinating Chardonnays which applies exactly the same winemaking technique to grapes from 4 different sites - to create 4 unique wines which really show cases the difference the terroir makes to wine. A really cool project from two brilliant people …
“Our motto in life is simple – dream big, work hard and persevere with the tenacious spirit of a warrior to make those dreams a reality. We have always dreamed of having our destiny in our own hands, and to raise our two children in an environment filled with the love for what we do – to produce outstanding wines from unique terroirs.
We believe that we are firmly in charge of that destiny, and that the Atlas Swift range of wines is a culmination of hard work, perseverance and the multiplicity of distinctive origins, cultures, memories and energy.”
Ukrainian artist Ana Kuni sat with Welma and Martin for a (we are very sure fun-filled afternoon) and tasted through all the wines in barrel and then painted the label images based on her impression of the wines. Consequently the style of the wine is reflected in the colour of the labels … the wines range from light blue (flint and mineral driven) through to bright ochre (full bodied and tropical).
